No Other Way

No Other Way


an old shoe
at the side of the road
remembers: his hand
and her foot and the look
of the warm air between
their lips from themselves
and each other's surfing
on the clash of her high
giggle and his low chuckle
feeling like a free fall
palpitation after a fifth line
of coke and two shots of
epinephrine into the heart-
how can one sole continue
the road with their memories
of their lost life behind them?




"The Writer's Cramp"  13+: Write the best story or poem in 24 hours or less and win 10,000 GPs!


Prompt: Write a romantic poem or story that includes the phrase "an old shoe at the side of the road".


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